Top 10 things that drove Florida consumers crazy in 2016

Are those annoying telemarketing calls driving you crazy? You’re not alone.

The No. 1 gripe among the tens of thousands of consumers who filed complaints with state regulators in 2016 involved violations of Florida’s Do Not Call List. That’s according to the annual Top 10 Consumer Complaint list that has been released by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

The agency reported that almost half of the 38,470 complaints were from consumers who said they received phone solicitations even though they had registered for the list, which prohibits such solicitations. Charities and political organizations are exempt.

Do Not Call complaints topped the 2015 list as well, with 16,600 filings as compared with 17,177 in 2016.

Other business practices that ranked high on consumers’ “naughty and not nice” list included: getting shorted at the gas pump; sneaky clauses in cellphone contracts; and dealings with landlords.